I am attending the RAF Officers Graduation of my boyfriend in September and have been faced with a dilemma.

The Military has all sorts of rules for attendees when it comes to dress code and although I am more than happy to stick to the rules it is nice to be able to add a personal spin to any outfit luckily the outfit for the days passing out parade includes a hat and if there is one thing here at Doolallytat that we love to make its hats.

My dress is a 1950’s style circle dress in white with navy and Teal Diamonds so to match up I have purchased a teal hat base from Ebay:

And no hat is truely a hat until it has so a bit of Schuzz! so Feathers were a must:

I found these in C&H fabrics in Brighton although I am sure they are available (Cheaper) online and from all good haberdashers.

So now for the Doolallytat spin…..

If you give us a theme we will run with it and what better theme than The RAF with all the aviation history traditions I thought what better addition to my hat than……

A SPITFIRE!

I will add some pictures of the finished project when I have finished……….Glue Gun at the ready!……..GO!

It is so difficult to find cool baby stuff that isn’t the weird baby in a Che Guevara babygrow style that seems to be lining the shops and internet. This is why I wanted to share these amazing new born baby bits and pieces that I am loving this Thursday.

I love a festival and have been lucky enough to visit 2 Reading festivals and 2 Glastonburys in the past and as much as I enjoyed those heady days of booze and dancing into the night the thought of doing this these days makes me exhausted just thinking about it.

This weekend however I was lucky enough (thanks to the boyfriend) to go to the battle proms at Althorp House.

We had a beautiful picnic and got all dressed up and thankfully the sun shone all day.

The day was filled with Napoleonic battle displays, Concert Music, Opera singers, Cannons and Fireworks:

My favourite part however was the Spitfire not only because it is an amazing sight to see but the amazing story of the Pilot.

The Pilot of this aircraft was in fact a woman who had learnt to fly after losing her husband and felt the most fitting tribute to him would be to keep his beloved Spitfire flying.

And we are glad she did too. It was an amazing day and I would suggest the Proms to anyone.

I must admit I am typing this on a good old Windows run computer but there is one thing that I love Macs for and it is the amazing decals that people have come up with. Here are a few of my favourites: